Honors Theses
Date of Award
Winter 12-5-2022
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Computer and Information Science
First Advisor
Kristin Davidson
Second Advisor
Timothy Holston
Third Advisor
Phillis George
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This project involves comparing different visualizations related to COVID-19 and higher education in order to determine key impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students in higher education, as well as higher education as a whole. The main metrics used to determine the impact were mental health indicators for anxiety or depressive disorders, enrollment numbers by control type (public, private non-profit, or private for-profit) and state for 2020 and 2021, and state mandate lift dates for a variety of mandates implemented across the United States. These metrics were analyzed both individually and against each other to determine if they had any effect on each other. The project finds that mental health indicators for higher education demographics do not generally follow the state of COVID-19 case trends, but rather it was determined by circumstances of the start of the pandemic that led to a peak in mental health indicators. In addition, an immediate impact from COVID-19 can be seen in a vast majority of universities in the United States. Overall enrollment in higher education saw a substantial decrease in the United States. Despite this, private non-profit schools were not impacted like public schools, and some of the largest private non-profit schools actually saw a large increase in enrollment per capita compared to other types of universities.
Recommended Citation
Perkins, Landon, "Critically Observing the Challenges and Changes: an Analysis on Covid-19’s Impact with an Emphasis on Students in Higher Education" (2022). Honors Theses. 2809.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2809
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